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Iran Election Aftermath

Three days after Iran's June 12 presidential election, in which the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected with a reported two-thirds' majority, protests...

June 15, 2009

United Nations Flexes Muscles at North Korea

June 12, 2009

The United Nations Security Council on June 12 unanimously approved stringent new sanctions against North Korea, in response to Pyongyang's May 25 nuclear...

Korean Tensions Signal More Power for the UN

June 11, 2009

Voice of America's VOA News reported on June 11 that seven world powers had agreed the day before on a draft UN Security...

U.S. Reporters Sentenced to 12 Years Labor in North Korea

Dennis Behreandt June 8, 2009

North Korea has sentenced two American reporters to 12 years of hard labor for allegedly crossing its border with China. The sentencing has...

North Korea’s Kim May Have a Successor

Steven J. DuBord June 3, 2009

“North Korea's Kim moves to anoint youngest son as heir,” Reuters announced in the title to a June 2 release. The North’s current...

China and Pelosi Celebrate Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Ann Shibler June 2, 2009

While the Chinese government is busying itself with further cracking down on censorship of the Internet, television, and the printed word, human rights...

More North Korean Missiles, South Remains Calm

Steven J. DuBord May 29, 2009

According to a May 29 AP release, North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile. “South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the latest test...

Surveillance of North Korea Increased

Steven J. DuBord May 28, 2009

One day after Russia said it was going to step up its military surveillance around North Korea in response to North Korea’s recent...

More Belligerence From North Korea

Steven J. DuBord May 27, 2009

North Korea’s belligerence has now extended to restarting its main nuclear reactor, declaring itself no longer bound by the 1953 Korean War armistice,...

North Korea’s Nuclear Saber Rattling

Steven J. DuBord May 26, 2009

“One day after its nuclear test drew angry and widespread condemnation, North Korea continued to defy the international community on Tuesday by test-firing...

Iran Test-fires Missile With 1,200-Mile Range

May 20, 2009

IRNA, Iran's state-controlled news agency, quoted a statement made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on May 20 that his country has test-fired the new...

Afghans Deny Zalmay Khalilzad to Have Top Kabul Post

May 19, 2009

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has denied a speculative report appearing in the New York Times for May 19 that Zalmay Khalilzad, who was...

Obama Renews Sanctions on Syria

William F. Jasper May 8, 2009

After months of initiatives and statements from the new Obama administration indicating it intended to reverse U.S. policy and reopen relations with Syria,...